Tromsø, the regional capital of northern Norway, is the unlikely venue for Irish Art’s upcoming exhibition Europe’s Edge. In what will be probably the largest ever showing of Irish contemporary  visual art in Norway, the exhibition will explore themes as diverse as the styles of the contributing artists.

The exhibition will feature work by Brian Bourke, Maurice Caplice, Shane Crotty, Charles Cullen, Rita Duffy, Adrian McAllister, Dara McGee, Rosie McGurran, Jay Murphy, Mick O’Dea, Eamonn O’Doherty, Bernard Reynolds and Ger Sweeney.

Europe’s Edge is being held in conjunction with the 7^th Biennial International Conference of the Nordic Irish Studies Network. The exhibition will be launched by His Excellency Gerald F. Ansbro, Ambassador of Ireland on 2 December at the Tromsø University Library Gallery and will run until 13 January.

For more info see www.irishart.no

Exhibition catalogue. Painting by Maurice Caplice

On Saturday 5th December His Excellency Gerald F. Ansbro, Ambassador of Ireland, opened the exhibition “Out of the West”.

IrishArt.no presents works by five contemporary artists living and working in the west of Ireland.

The exhibition runs from 03.12.2009 until 16.12.2009 at the Rory Mitchell Gallery, Kirkeveien 72, Oslo. www.rorymitchell.com.
The gallery is open Monday to Sunday 12.00-18.00.

All art lovers welcome !